Improvement in car-couplings



O. P. IVBS.

` Car Coupling. No. 103,711.8. i Patented May 31, 1870.

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UNITED STATES OLIVER I). IVES, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

PATENT OEEICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN cAR--COUPLINGS- Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 103,748, dated May 3], 1870.

To all lwhom it may concern;

Be itknown that I, OLIVER I. IvEs, ot Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga and Statey Similar letters of reference indicatel like parts inthe several figures.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple means for guidingthe coupling-link V'into the opposite bumper or draw-bar, and fordropping the couplingpin without danger to the operator, as hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, A A are the draw-bars. B is thecoupling-link, and U C are thc coupling-pins. The link-recess in eachdraw-bar is made roomy, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and in the oppositesides of each bar is an inclined slot, a, Figs. 2, 3, and 4. I provide arod, D, Fig-5, having an arm or handle, d, at each end, and haring atits cen ter a projection or apron, e. 1 place one of these rods Dtransversely in each dra w-bar, so that the rod D ou each sideof theapron e shall occupy or pass outward through the inclined slots a. inthe draw-bar, the apron e occupying the main recess between said slotsa, as shown in Fig. 2.

Its operation is as follows: The coupling-pin C', Fig. 2, is raised, asshown, and thisallows the rod D to fall to the bottom of the inclinedslots a. a, andthe pin is then supported iu that position by restinguponthe back ot' the apron c.

' The operator or attendant then seizes one of the handles d of thedraw-bar A, and by rais- The rods D D in Figs. 1 and 2 are of differ-lent lengths, the short rod, D, being designed for coaches or.passenger-cars, and usually operated from the plati'ormot the car, andthe `lou g rods, D', are designed for freight-ears, and

by making them ofsuitablelength the attendant can reach themand Aavoidall danger in coupling bythe cars coming together, and in no case is itnecessary for the operator or attendant to place his hand between theapproaching drawbars to guide the link. But one handle, d, is necessarywhen the coupling is done from the platform of a car; but. one or twohandles can be used.

This device adds but yery little to the cost ot' the bumpers ordraw-bars, and cars to which it is applied connect readily with theordinary draw-bar, so that its simultaneous application to all the carsot' a road is not necessary.

Having, thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- Thecombinat-ionot' the inclined slots a a and the rod D, having projectionc and handles d d, all arranged as described with relation to theshoulder g, pin O', and link B,'and operating as and for the purposesherein set forth.

The above specitication of 'my invention signed by me this 14th day ofMarch, 1870.

O. P. IVES.

Iitnessesz WM. J. DODGE, F. A. MoRLEY.

